Connor Burns #87

Played collegiately at Long Beach State, where he became the first player in Big West Conference history to win Defensive Player of the Year multiple times (2022, 2023)...was 2023 All-Big West First Team and a semifinalist for the Buster Posey Award...Graduated from Don Antonio Lugo HS (Chino, Calif.), the same school attended by Diana Taurasi (basketball star), Peter Hughes (bassist for The Mountain Goats), Joshua Mance (Olympic sprinter), Leah O'Brien-Amico (3-time Olympic gold medal softball player) and pro football placekickers Tony, Max, Marty, Luis and Joaquin Zendejas.

2025

Represented the Reds organization in its Spring Breakout game against Brewers prospects on 3/16...Produced his first career multi-homer game on 5/16 at Quad Cities...Entered the season as the Reds' No. 24 prospect, per Baseball America...considered by that publication as the best defensive catcher in the Cincinnati organization.